Assessment of Glycemic status, Insulin Resistance and Hypogonadism in HIV Infected Male Patients.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the glycemic status measured as Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) and glycosylated haemoglobin (A1C); prevalence of Insulin Resistance (IR), hypogonadism and to study their correlation with CD4 (CD4 lymphocyte) counts in HIV infected patients receiving ART. Correlation between percentage android fat and IR was also studied.

Methods And Materials: 84 HIV male patients as diagnosed by ELISA test aged 18 to 70 years were included in this case control study.

Does Metabolic Syndrome Determine Severity and Disability of Chronic Low Backache?

Introduction: Obesity may be associated with more severe and disabling low backache (LBA) due to alteration in biomechanics, but there are no such studies from developing countries.

Aims: We report the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MS) in chronic LBA (CLBA) and its association with severity and disability of CLBA.

Subjects And Methods: Consecutive patients with CLBA attending to the neurology service from October 2015 to February 2016 were included in the study.

Direct and indirect cost of myasthenia gravis: A prospective study from a tertiary care teaching hospital in India.

Myasthenia gravis (MG) requires lifelong treatment. The cost of management MG is very high in developed countries but there is no information on the cost of management of MG in the developing countries. This study reports the direct and indirect cost and predictors of cost of MG in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India.